Improvement in tttrnijtg-tool



M@ am v AWILLIAM IL vvvIalIrLooI's, or RISING sun, INDIANA. Letters Patent No. 83,573, dated October 27, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN TURNING-Toor..

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of theeame.

To whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM H. WIIITLOCK, of Rising Sun, Ohio county, Indiana, have invented a new and useful Turning-Tool; and herebj,7 declare the Ibllowing to be a full', clear, and exact description thereof, reference .being had vto the accompanying drawings, making part of this specific-ation.

My invention relates to a tool for more eoIIvenient-lg7 and efieotually tm'ning on' blind-rollers, ehairfstretohers, and other like obj ects of oylindricalfcrm, 'my said tool being designed for use withan ordinary/'turninglathe.

Figure l is a perspective view of my turning-tool.

Figures 2 and 3 are a longitudinal and a transverse section ofthe same.

Figure 4 is aside elevation of my turning-tool. in

position.

The stoel( or body of' my turning-tool consists of a cylindrical block, A, traversed throughout its length by an axial-perforation, 'a of, of slightly greater diameter than the stick orrcller to be turned, and somewhat Haring, a', at one end.

a is a side excavation, through the body tothe perforation a a', to receive a bit, B, which bit is securedto the side of said excavation,by bolts C C', which pass through slotsb b in the bit.

The bit B is formed fiat, except at its advancing edge 1), Where it is curved slightlyY outivard, so as to lead on to the stuff Without'slivering. Proieeting from one side ofthe body A' is ahandle, D.

The operation is as follows:

The tool being slipped over ,the tail-spindle E ofthe lathe, the rough stick is secured in the lathe in the customary manner, and being rotated, thetool is pressed forward along the stick, as shown in iig. 4, until the Work is complete.

. I claim herein vas new, and of my invention- The hand-tool for turning, herein described, oomposed of the stockA (t a' c", bit or cutter B b b b, set-screws C C', and handle D. 4

Intestiinony oi'wliieh invention, I hereunto set my hand.VA

Vitnesses':

' GnogH. KNIGHT, J (IHN LATHAM.

WILLIAM n'. WHI'ILocK. 

